Yearning...

...hallowed grounds...

What an adventure we have been on to open the coffee and bake house, and how well it has been received! We certainly have met awesome families who have blessed us with great conversation and some theological debate. This is a great meeting place for community and such, but goodness how this mommy yearns for those "home days".

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My sweet children are with me daily, they "coffeehouse school" and we all work together in the business, which has been a learning experience that we will cherish...yet I know my calling is in the HOME.

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How hard it is to be a help-meet to my sweet pastoral husband,

how hard it is to manage a home from afar,

how hard it is to meal plan, how hard it is to prepare nutritious foods,

how hard it is to take care of my self,

how hard it is serve God in the church,

how hard it is to show the gift of hospitality,

how hard it is...

how hard it is...

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January is typically spent in my home planning. Planning for spiritual goals, finances, health, homeschooling, and such.

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Confession:

My Household Management Book is in shambles! (picture following) Which is just what I am feeling inside right now.

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So to begin I pray:

Philippians 4:13
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

This is what a household notebook can consist of:

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Less of Me-More of Him

http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Tiany/196993/

The Virtuous Woman

http://avirtuouswoman.org/2005/11/29/household-notebook/

(and ours, which will be posted as soon as I can find that little plug thingy for my digicamera!)

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I am seeking counsel in HIS precious Word and will post both the notebook re-vamp as well as my thoughts and future concerning these things...

Photos lost...

Well, in efforts to keep readers posted on my blog I hastily posted the blog writing yesterday and forgot to check the pictures first...so here are some pics I left behind!

CoffeeHouse Schooling

This is the new term we use for "homeschooling"...and well, isn't it just cool?! Aaron is working hard on the WiFi, probably dictionary.com...and the knitclique basking waiting for some attention. Every Thursday Eve we have activities at hg...BeadMeet, Archiver Club, knitclique, and papercrafters...tonight is knitting, YIPPEEE.

The P'nut buttercup cheesecake is always a hit and I am trying to serve it up with some latte' art. Oh, oh, we also have the most fab pumpkin pie latte, the gingerbread house syrup is from scratch, and I will share!

• 2 cups water
• 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
• 2 1/2 teaspoons ground ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/8 cup lemon juice
• Heat the above until sugar is melted and store in fridge for up to 2 weeks. hg uses this in their pumpkin pie latte' and their gingerbread latte'. YUMMM-O

Well, life is just busy, we are in study of John at our Wednesday eve Bible Study at Our Redeemer and goodness, God is so awesome to give us the gift of baptism and the forgiveness in that. We actually studied 3 chapters last night! I will work hard at updating this blog, and not just coffeehouse stuff...although that Luppa (Finish Cardomon Bread) is well worth a blog!

Routine...aLMosT...

My sweet husband and I in the beautiful Upper Peninsula of Michigan! I thank God for you Eddie!







All of the Legal postings for Hallowed Grounds.

Hallowed Grounds best selling cookie: Cranberry, White Chocolate, Oatmeal!

Front view of the coffeehouse.

Kid's Favorite: Double Chocolate Chewy

We took a road trip this Monday afternoon to Houghton/Hancock, what a great view from one city to the other!

Okay, this is our 9th week open!!! YIPPEE...and the only way I get through most days is with a prayer, and, hmmm, well, and, maybe eerr, jah know, a quad latte' or two!

So with much nagging, oh! I mean encouragement!? I am posting again on my blog. Hallowed Grounds is nice and steady. I am out of bed by 4am....YES! AM...as in morning, as in darkness! LOL and I sort of enjoy it. Eddie is such a great man to wake up to, and he is always by my side getting the coffeehouse open, and well, delivering that first quad of the day! Then he delivers the three dc, and DW is the BEST barista you would ever meet...really people tell her that daily! Christopher worked today in the kitchen and actually made the cinnamon roll dough by himself!

MIA

Sooo, the Hallowed Grounds dream is unfolding...and that is why I have been MIA...oh that and a totally awsome vacation in the U.P. with great friends! I already miss them, God is so good to give them to me! Here are some of our "growing pains" at Hallowed Grounds...I just want to bake cookies and cupcakes...so pray that this season ends soon...

Scripture in my pocket (see Diann!!!) "My grace is sufficient fo thee for my streinght is made perfect in weakness. " 2 Cor 12:9












Okay, so I have been MIA... here are the reasons! God's Richest blessings to all!